Created on Feb. 5, 2013, 7:57 p.m. by Hevok & updated on March 28, 2013, 5:35 p.m. by Hevok
Semantics (Greek σημαντ ικoς, to Symbol belonging) is nothing else than the meaning that is inside the information. Semantics is therefore study of interpretation of signs or symbols.
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Thus, Semantics (greek sēmantikós = pertains to the character, the study of meaning) is part of the linguistics focused on
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Sense and
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Meaning
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of language or symbols of language. So it is the study of interpretation of signs or symbols as used by agents or communities with particular circumstances and Contexts.
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Semantics asks, for example, how sense and meaning of complex Concepts can be derived from simple Concepts based on the rules of Syntax.
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The Semantics of a message depends of its Context and Pragmatics.
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Therefore, Semantics means meaning.
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